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'Rainbow Six: Siege' adds a 'Fortnite' style Battle Pass

August 19, 2019
Ubisoft can’t resist the siren’s call of introducing Fortnite-like Battle Passes in Rainbow Six: Siege. On top of unveiling the details of Year 4’s third season (more on that in a bit), the company has outlined plans for Battle Passes in its tactical shooter. The first phase will be a free “Mini Battle Pass” that has players earning Battle Points to unlock tiers and…
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Samsung Galaxy Note10+: first Exynos 9825 benchmarks

August 19, 2019
The Exynos 9825 is the industry’s first chipset built on a 7nm Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) process. Its predecessor, the 8nm Exynos 9820, as well as TSMC’s 7nm offerings are built on Deep UltraViolet (DUV) process, but that has run out of steam. In the future, foundries will…
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Flashback: Nokia N-Gage - the gaming phone ahead of its time

August 18, 2019
Sometimes a company launches the right product at the wrong time. The Nokia N-Gage is remembered simply as a failure today, but seeing how in 2019 companies are tripping over themselves to launch gaming phones, it’s hard not to wonder if maybe Nokia was on to something. The N-Gage was released in 2003 as a competitor to Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance (2001). In many ways it was a superior product…
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'Travis Strikes Again' comes to PC and PS4 on October 17th

August 18, 2019
You won’t have to own a Switch to play a modern take on the No More Heroes universe. Suda51’s Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition is now slated to launch on PC (via Steam) and PS4 October 17th. The expanded title includes both the core…
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Nintendo says there is no Switch exchange program

August 17, 2019
You might not want to buy a first-generation Switch with the assumption Nintendo will replace it with a new model. A Nintendo spokesperson has flatly denied that swaps are available, telling The Verge that “we do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.” It’s not clear why customer service representatives are saying otherwise. We’ve asked for comment, but it could be…
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Two new Xiaomi smartphones pop up on 3C, one of them has 18W charging

August 17, 2019
Xiaomi has just got two new phones certified by the Chinese 3C, and they are likely members of the upcoming Redmi 8 series. The devices with model numbers M1906G7E and M1906G7T have received China’s Compulsory Certificate mark, alongside an 18W charger with a serial number MDY-10-EC. CCC certification The second line reads that another phone with two model numbers (likely different memory…
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